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Definition: Sent |
SentAdjective1. Caused or enabled to go or be conveyed or transmitted. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sent" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
SENT | English | South East New Territories | Law |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Antonym: unsent (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Unskillfulness | Sprat sent out to catch a whale, much ado about nothing, wild-goose chase. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Sent |
| Etymologies containing "sent": Epistle. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Sent" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Afrikaan (cent), Danish (late), Faeroese (cent), French (feels), Icelandic (cent), Manx (cent), Norwegian (late), Swedish (at a late hour, late), Turkish (cent, pence, penny). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I sent two units, they're bringing her down now. (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski) No words to describe it. Poetry! They should've sent a poet (Contact; writing credit: Carl Sagan;) Mitch sent me to tell you the plan's been changed (The Firm; writing credit: David Rabe) Lieutenant Dan sent me a letter, got us invested in some fruit company (Forrest Gump; writing credit: Eric Roth) I've been sent back until my task is done (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh) | |
Lyrics | I hope ya got tha diamond necklace that I sent to you (Dear Mama; performing artist: 2Pac) The blues they sent to meet me ("Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head"; performing artist: B.J. Thomas) But I sent you away (Mandy; performing artist: Barry Manilow) Sent from heaven above that's right (CRADLE OF LOVE; performing artist: Billy Idol) That I'm sent from above (Oops!... I Did It Again; performing artist: Britney Spears) | |
Clever | While in ER, she was examined, X-rated, and sent home. (references; author: unknown) Sleeping on the job: This is just a 15 minute power nap like they raved about in that time management course you sent me to. (references; author: unknown) | |
Tongue Twisters | Larry sent the latter a letter later. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Det är aldrig för sent (1956) To minutter for sent (1952) The Ship That Was Sent Off to Mars (1921) Heaven Sent (1999) I morgen er for sent (1995) | |
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 | Anti-cancer drugs can now be tested on human cancer cell lines in vitro for cytotoxicity and effectiveness without the use of animals. In an assay color changes in the wells show what proportion of cultured cancer cells remain alive after they have been exposed to the test drug. The plates are read by computer, and results are automatically sent to a centralized computer where they are converted into graphic reports. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). |  | These samples were sent back to CDC in Atlanta for testing to search for the animal reservoir of the Ebola virus. Credit: CDC. |
 | Resembling a bizarre setting from a science fiction movie, dramatic images sent back by the ... Credit: NASA. |  | Orphaned polar bear cubs - Ursus maritimus - being sent to zoo. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals). |
 | The Greenhill/East Timbalier dredging operation -- bucket dredge scooping material from channel which will be sent by pipe to the marsh creation site. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Sablefish put in live tank, scooped up, tagged, and sent back overboard. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Harley Nygren with gravity meter - Even when in the Lower 48 he was sent to cold places. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Boulder Creek AMD from Richmond and Lawson portals sent to the copper plant. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Figure 20. Horizontal shutter plankton net first invented by Prince Albert I of Monaco in 1889. Left: view of the assembled unit. Right: the messenger to trigger operation of the unit. This net would be lowered to a specified depth and then a messenger sent down the line to open it and capture drifting fauna at depth. This was first tested by Prince Albert I off Madeira in 1889. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Figure 22. Richter thermometer constructed by the German instrument maker Carl Richter following the suggestions of Fridtjof Nansen. Two of these were received in March 1901 and sent to Roald Amundsen for testing in Arctic waters. Although not a revolutionary design, this instrument had many improvements that were followed for tens of years. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
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| "Youngwomanin60s 5" by Timothy Takemoto Commentary: "My mother has sent me a few pictures of herself as a young woman." | "Lellow" by Toby Cummings Commentary: "This is a picture of a yellow rose which I sent to my mommy for her birfday." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
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 | A note plucked on an electric guitar and sent through a repeating device. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Callimachus | I wept as I remembered how often you and I had tired the sun with talking and sent him down the sky. |
David Garrick | Cards were at first for benefits designed, sent to amuse, not to enslave the mind. |
Homer | Gray-eyed Athena sent them a favorable breeze, a fresh west wind, singing over the wine-dark sea. |
Horace Walpole | Men are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent. |
Robert Green Ingersoll | Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven, the best to hell. |
Sir Henry Wotton | An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie and intrigue abroad for the benefit of his country. |
Southey | Affliction is not sent in vain from the good God who chastens those that he loves. |
Sun Tzu | When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce. |
William Cowper | How much a dunce that has been sent to roam, excels a dunce that has been kept at home. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Magna Carta | 1215 | Further, if we have led or sent him upon military service, he shall be relieved from guard in proportion to the time during which he has been on service because of us. (reference) |
John Locke | 1690 | The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one: and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind, who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions: for men being all the workmanship of one omnipotent, and infinitely wise maker; all the servants of one sovereign master, sent into the world by his order, and about his business; they are his property, whose workmanship they are, made to last during his, not one another's pleasure: and being furnished with like faculties, sharing all in one community of nature, there cannot be supposed any such subordination among us, that may authorize us to destroy one another, as if we were made for one another's uses, as the inferior ranks of creatures are for our's. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Declaration of Independence | 1776 | He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance. (reference) |
US Constitution | 1791 | If after such Reconsideration two thirds of that House shall agree to pass the Bill, it shall be sent, together with the Objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall become a Law. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The amount of each product which may be thus sent annually into Germany shall not exceed the average of the amounts sent annually in the years 1911-1913. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | This letter, however, was written, and sealed, and sent. |
Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | They sent two ambassadors, to make sure that their invitation to me, to be their new King, should reach me. |
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency | Douglas Adams | So after a hectic week of believing that war was peace, that good was bad, that the moon was made of blue cheese, and that God needed a lot of money sent to a certain box number, the Monk started to believe that thirty-five percent of all tables were hermaphrodites, and then broke down |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | He sent even me, thy mother |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Javert, who came up at the moment of the accident, had sent for a jack |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Nasty Roche and Saurin drank cocoa that their people sent them in tins |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Who sent you hither |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Well, I sent word to him. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | His Majesty sent for three great scholars who were then in their weekly waiting, according to the custom in that country |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | The soil, it appears, is suited to the seed, for it has sent its radicle downward, and it may now send its shoot upward also with confidence |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | That tissue (biopsy) is then sent to a lab for testing. (references) | |
After your body has taken what it needs from the food, waste is sent to the blood. (references) | ||
Whenever possible, the bat should be captured and sent to a laboratory for rabies testing. (references) | ||
Business | Notices are not sent routinely to unsuccessful bidders. (references) | |
Each company that sent offers can observe the bid-opening process. (references) | ||
In-store charge-card holders are also sent mailers and year-end catalogs. (references) | ||
Children | Slovak Republic | These children become wards of the state and are sent to orphanages. (references) |
Zimbabwe | Many orphans are sent to foster homes, where they often become victims of sexual abuse. (references) | |
Guinea | Girls often are taken out of school and sent to work to help pay for their brothers' educational expenses. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Eritrea | Students were sent to active duty or military training. (references) |
Haiti | He sent his family out of the country because of fears for their safety. (references) | |
Guinea-Bissau | The next day, Intchama sent his bodyguards to intimidate the staff again. (references) | |
Economic History | Australia | Interested respondents are sent product literature. (references) |
United Arab Emirates | The UAE sent forces to liberate Kuwait during the 1990-91 Gulf War. (references) | |
Guatemala | In 1999, Guatemala sent its notification of (TRIMS) compliance to the WTO. (references) | |
Human Rights | Armenia | On December 29, the case was sent to court. (references) |
Nicaragua | The case was sent to the local court for a hearing. (references) | |
Vietnam | After trial a prisoner is sent to a different location. (references) | |
Minorities | Russia | Pankov reportedly was sent to a psychiatric institution for treatment. (references) |
Liberia | In August 1999, the Government sent a high-level delegation of the National Police to the southeastern counties to investigate reports of ritual killings. (references) | |
Russia | The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sent letters to Krasnoyarsk leaders, including Governor Aleksandr Lebed, urging swift investigation and a clear stand against anti-Semitism. (references) | |
Political Economy | Western Sahara | The decision was appealed before the court of appeals in Laayoune, which reportedly sent it to the Supreme Court in Rabat. (references) |
Namibia | By September the majority of the NDF soldiers who were sent to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 1998 were withdrawn. (references) | |
RUSSIA | There are documented cases of soldiers being sent by their superior officers to perform work for private citizens or organizations. (references) | |
Political Rights | Mauritania | However, due to resource constraints, not all parties sent observers to all polling stations. (references) |
Ethiopia | The NEB sent investigators to the region; however, the NEB determined that there were no irregularities. (references) | |
Somalia | Both governments sent administrators to the Sanaag and Sol regions, and both governments exerted influence in various communities. (references) | |
Trade | Bolivia | If software is sent to a distributor, duties and taxes must be applied. (references) |
Poland | Written confirmation is required, stating that the goods will be sent out of Poland on specific dates. (references) | |
Mexico | Laboratory test results are sent to Mexican certification bodies that issue a certificate of compliance. (references) | |
Travel | Australia | Domestic and international faxes can be sent from post offices. (references) |
Philippines | There is an additional Pesos 8 fee for letters sent by registered mail. (references) | |
Eq. Guinea | Mail is generally sent to an "apartado postal" (A.P.) or post office box. (references) | |
Women | Fiji | Only one case in the last 5 years has been sent to the High Court. (references) |
Ghana | The bill has not gone before Parliament but during the year, it was sent back to FIDA with recommendations for redrafting. (references) | |
Nepal | The police also have sent out directives instructing all officers to treat domestic violence as a criminal offense that should be prosecuted. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Kyrgyz Republic | During the fall, classes are cancelled, and children are sent to fields to pick cotton. (references) |
Cote d'Ivoire | They were sent back across the Malian border and returned to Mauritania; their escort escaped. (references) | |
China | Children trafficked to work usually are sent from poorer interior areas to relatively richer areas. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | TRICHINOSIS, n. The pig's reply to proponents of porcophagy. Moses Mendlessohn having fallen ill sent for a Christian physician, who at once diagnosed the philosopher's disorder as trichinosis, but tactfully gave it another name. "You need and immediate change of diet," he said; "you must eat six ounces of pork every other day." "Pork?" shrieked the patient -- "pork? Nothing shall induce me to touch it!" "Do you mean that?" the doctor gravely asked. "I swear it!" "Good! -- then I will undertake to cure you." |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Julie Nixon Eisenhower | We were thrilled with the reception in China. President Jiang Zemin sent a videotaped message, and George W. Bush, with all he had going on, he was very gracious. He also sent a message. |
Lynn Chapman | The Army sent a chaplain and a casualty officer to the house. I answered the door and they were there. |
Robert Novak | Mr. Chairman, Director Mueller was first rather dismissive of the charges of incompetency by Coleen Rowley, the FBI agent that sent the letter to him, but he came back this week and commended Ms. Rowley for her whistle-blowing. |
Robert Shapiro | I came into the case, and I went to Washington. And I started talking to political leaders. And eventually, we were able to get the support of then Majority Leader Trent Lott, who sent the letter to Attorney General Ashcroft. |
Rush Limbaugh | Had Bill Callahan been a Republican, he would have been strung up somewhere, or he'd have been sent to join the PLO. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John Adams | 1797-1801 | You and I, my dear friend, have been sent into life at a time when the greatest lawgivers of antiquity would have wished to live. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | At an early period of the present year remonstrances were made to the governor of that island, by an agent who was sent for the purpose, against those outrages on the peaceful commerce of the United States, of which many had occurred. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Instructions were therefore given in this spirit to the minister who was sent out once more to demand reparation. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | Four years ago, President Johnson sent American combat forces to South Vietnam. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | Too often, criminals are not sent to prison after conviction but are allowed to return to the streets. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | This principle was the keystone of the comprehensive territorial policy I sent the Congress last year. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Your recent passage of the foreign assistance act sent a signal to the world that America would not shrink for making the investments necessary for both peace and security. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | What a group of kids we've sent into the world. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | We too must remember who we are, where we come from, and who sent us here. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Sent" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 68.61% of the time. "Sent" is used about 10,068 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 68.61% | 6,908 | 1,402 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 31.3% | 3,152 | 2,987 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 0.08% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Total | 100.00% | 10,068 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "sent". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Abimael | N/A | Biblical | A father sent from God |
| Methusaleh | N/A | Biblical | He has sent his death |
| Shiloh | N/A | Biblical | Sent |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Expressions using "sent": be sent into the wilderness ♦ be sent off ♦ be sent to the block ♦ be sent to the hulks ♦ message sent in a bottle ♦ sent out ♦ sent to prison ♦ sprat sent out to catch a whale. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "sent": sent-off. | |
Ending with "sent": ab-sent, con-sent, devil-sent, emperor-sent, god-sent, heavenly-sent, heaven-sent, hell-sent, s-sent. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "sent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | منبعث (emitted, released, sent out). (various references) | |
Chinese | 送 (send, sending, send-off). (various references) | |
Czech | min.èas i příè.min. od send. (various references) | |
Danish | varer sendt til reparation i et andet land (goods sent to another country to be repaired), varer i smaaforsendelser uden erhvervsmaessig karakter (goods of a non-commercial character sent in small consignments), kommando-/svarfeltets bit (and responses are sent with C/R set to 0, and responses with the C/R bit set to 1.The network side does the opposite;i.e.commands are sent with C/R set to 1, command/response field bit, the C/R bit identifies a frame as either a command or a response.The user side sends commands with the C/R bit set to 0), C/R-bit (and responses are sent with C/R set to 0, and responses with the C/R bit set to 1.The network side does the opposite;i.e.commands are sent with C/R set to 1, command/response field bit, the C/R bit identifies a frame as either a command or a response.The user side sends commands with the C/R bit set to 0). (various references) | |
Dutch | kleine zendingen goederen zonder commercieel karakter (goods of a non-commercial character sent in small consignments), goederen die naar een ander land worden gezonden om er gerepareerd te worden (goods sent to another country to be repaired), commando/antwoord-veldbit (and responses are sent with C/R set to 0, and responses with the C/R bit set to 1.The network side does the opposite;i.e.commands are sent with C/R set to 1, command/response field bit, the C/R bit identifies a frame as either a command or a response.The user side sends commands with the C/R bit set to 0), C/R (and responses are sent with C/R set to 0, and responses with the C/R bit set to 1.The network side does the opposite;i.e.commands are sent with C/R set to 1, command/response field bit, the C/R bit identifies a frame as either a command or a response.The user side sends commands with the C/R bit set to 0). (various references) | |
Farsi | فرستاده (Apostle, Emissary, Messenger), فرستاد. (various references) | |
Finnish | vankilaan (be sent to prison), lähettänyt (sent by), lähettäjä (consigner, sender), komento/vaste-kenttäbitti (and responses are sent with C/R set to 0, and responses with the C/R bit set to 1.The network side does the opposite;i.e.commands are sent with C/R set to 1, C/R, command/response field bit, the C/R bit identifies a frame as either a command or a response.The user side sends commands with the C/R bit set to 0), joutua vankilaan (be sent to prison, land in jail), haetti sen minulla (had me bring it, sent me for it), C/R (and responses are sent with C/R set to 0, and responses with the C/R bit set to 1.The network side does the opposite;i.e.commands are sent with C/R set to 1, C/R, command/response field bit, the C/R bit identifies a frame as either a command or a response.The user side sends commands with the C/R bit set to 0). (various references) | |
French | expédié, envoyai, envoyés, envoyées, envoyâmes, envoyèrent. (various references) | |
German | gesendet, gesandt (posted). (various references) | |
Greek | έστειλα, αόρ. του send. (various references) | |
Hungarian | repít (let fly, to send), megajándékoz (present, to gift, to send), kegyesen megad (to send), küldött (deputy, emissary, envoy), küld (refer, send, to blast, to direct, to expedite, to railroad, to remit, to send, to wireless, transmit). (various references) | |
Italian | mandare (commit, consign, despatch, dispatch, drive, drop, emit, forward, get, give off, let out, send, send off, send out, to send, transmit, utter). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 賀表 (congratulatory address, congratulatory card or letter sent to the Emperor), 食らい込む (to be imprisoned, to be jailed, to be sent up), 迎え (meeting, person sent to pick up an arrival), 親電 (telegram sent by an emperor or head of state), 使い先 (the place where one is sent on an errand), 委託生 (scholarship student sent by government office or business), 天来 (divine, heaven sent, heavenly, inspired), 回訓 (instructions sent in response to a question), 下獄 (being sent to prison). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | がひょう (congratulatory address, congratulatory card or letter sent to the Emperor), くらいこむ (to be imprisoned, to be jailed, to be sent up), しんでん (a new rice field, main residence of an emperor, sacred place, telegram sent by an emperor or head of state, temple), つかいさき (the place where one is sent on an errand), かいくん (instructions sent in response to a question), いたくせい (scholarship student sent by government office or business), むかえ (meeting, person sent to pick up an arrival), げごく (being sent to prison), てんらい (beautiful poetry, divine, heaven sent, heavenly, inspired, sound of wind, thunder). (various references) | |
Korean | 보내는 (Whiled). (various references) | |
Manx | currit (addicted, allotted, liable, partial to, placed, remitted, stationed, subject to, susceptible, tendancy). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | entsay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | enviado (envoy). (various references) | |
Romanian | trecut şi participiu trecut de la send. (various references) | |
Russian | посылать (bunt, delegate, despatch, dispatch, refer, send, sends, tender, transmit). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | proš. vreme i particip od send. (various references) | |
Spanish | pret y pp de send, expedido (issued). (various references) | |
Swedish | sänd. (various references) | |
Turkish | hükümetten düşürülmek (be sent into the wilderness), gözden düşmek (be disgraced, be in disfavor, be in disfavour, be in the doghouse, be sent into the wilderness, come down, fall from grace, fall into disfavor, fall into disfavour, loose one's credit), görevden alınmak (be sent into the wilderness, be unseated). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | засуждений до ув'язнення (sent to prison), бути засудженим на смерть (be sent to the block). (various references) | |
Welsh | anfonedig. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Medieval Latin | 700-1500 | missivus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 15, Verse 17 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Oupw noeite oti pan to eisporeuomenon eiV to stoma eiV thn koilian cwrei kai eiV afedrwna ekballetai |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Non intellegitis quia omne quod in os intrat in ventrem vadit et in secessum emittitur |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Soðlice þa þing þe of þam muðe gað cumeð of þare heorte. & þa besmitað þannemann. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Vndurstonden ye not, that al thing that entrith in to the mouth, goith in to the wombe, and is sent out in to the goyng awei? |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Perceave ye not that what soever goeth in at the mouth descendeth doune in to the bely and is cast out into the draught? |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Do ye not yet understand, that whatever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth goes on into the stomach, and is sent out as waste? |
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| Language | Matthew Chapter 15, Verse 17 |
| Cebuano | Wala ba ninyo palandunga nga bisan unsay magasulod sa baba moagi lamang sulod sa tiyan ug unya igaitsa ra sa gawas? |
| Chinese | 豈 不 知 凡 入 口 的 、 是 運 到 肚 子 裡 、 又 落 在 茅 廁 裡 麼 。 |
| Croatian | Ne shvaæate li: sve što ulazi na usta, ide u trbuh te se izbacuje u zahod. |
| Danish | Forstår I endnu ikke, at alt, hvad der går ind i Munden, går i Bugen og føres ud ad den naturlige Vej? |
| Dutch | Verstaat gij nog niet, dat al wat ten monde ingaat, in den buik komt, en in de heimelijkheid wordt uitgeworpen? |
| Finnish | Ettekö käsitä, että kaikki, mikä käy suusta sisään, menee vatsaan ja ulostuu? |
| French | Ne comprenez-vous pas que tout ce qui entre dans la bouche va dans le ventre, puis est jeté dans les lieux secrets? |
| German | Merket ihr noch nicht, daß alles, was zum Munde eingeht, das geht in den Bauch und wird durch den natürlichen Gang ausgeworfen? |
| Hungarian | Mégsem értitek-é, hogy minden, a mi a szájon bemegy, a gyomorba jut, és az árnyékszékbe vettetik? |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Tidak tahukah kalian, bahwa yang masuk ke dalam mulut turun ke dalam perut, dan kemudian keluar lagi? |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Tiadakah kamu mengerti, bahwa barang apa yang masuk ke dalam mulut itu terus ke dalam perut dan dibuangkan ke dalam jamban? |
| Latvian | Vai nesaprotat, ka viss, kas mutç ieiet, noiet vçderâ un tiek izmests laukâ? |
| Manx Gaelic | Nagh vel shiu foast toiggal, cre-erbee ta goit stiagh ayns y veeal, dy vel eh goll sheese ayns y volg, as goll magh trooid y chorp? |
| Maori | Kiano koutou i matau noa, ko nga mea katoa e tapoko atu ana ki te mangai ka riro ki roto ki te kopu, a e akiritia ana ki te poka? |
| Norwegian | Skjønner I ikke at alt det som kommer inn i munnen, går i buken og kastes ut den naturlige vei? |
| Portuguese | Não compreendeis que tudo o que entra pela boca desce pelo ventre, e é lançado fora? |
| Rumanian | Nu knyelegeyi cq orice intrq kn gurq merge kn pkntece, wi apoi este aruncat afarq kn hazna? |
| Russian | ЕЭЕ МЙ ОЕ РПОЙНБЕФЕ, ЮФП ЧУЈ, ЧИПДСЭЕЕ Ч ХУФБ, РТПИПДЙФ Ч ЮТЕЧП Й ЙЪЧЕТЗБЕФУС ЧПО? |
| Shuar | Enentáimprachurmek? Ashí wenunam wayaana nu wakenam wéatsuk. Tura Nuyá iniankastiniaiti. |
| Swahili | Je, hamwelewi kwamba kila kinachoingia kinywani huenda tumboni na baadaye hutupwa nje chooni? |
| Swedish | Insen I icke att allt som går in i munnen, det går ned i buken och har sin naturliga utgång? |
| Uma | Pongkoni' to mesua' hi rala nganga-tale kaliliu hi rala ta'i-ta, pai' ngkai ree kaliliu tatadi. Bela-hawo toe to mpakada'a-ta hi poncilo Alata'ala-e. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sent": sente, sentence, sentenced, sentences, sentencing, sententia, sententiae, sentential, sententious, sententiously, sententiousness, sententiousnesses, senti, sentience, sentiences, sentient, sentiently, sentients, sentiment, sentimental, sentimentalise, sentimentalised, sentimentalises, sentimentalising, sentimentalism, sentimentalisms, sentimentalist, sentimentalists, sentimentalities, sentimentality, sentimentalization, sentimentalizations, sentimentalize, sentimentalized, sentimentalizes, sentimentalizing, sentimentally, sentiments, sentimo, sentimos, sentinel, sentineled, sentineling, sentinelled, sentinelling, sentinels, sentries, sentry. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "sent": absent, assent, consent, copresent, dissent, misrepresent, missent, omnipresent, present, represent, resent, unsent, upsent, wisent. (additional references) | |
Words containing "sent": absented, absentee, absenteeism, absenteeisms, absentees, absenter, absenters, absenting, absently, absentminded, absentmindedly, absentmindedness, absentmindednesses, absents, antisentimental, assentation, assentations, assented, assenter, assenters, assenting, assentor, assentors, assents, consentaneous, consentaneously, consented, consenter, consenters, consenting, consentingly, consents, copresented, copresenting, copresents, disentail, disentailed, disentailing, disentails, disentangle, disentangled, disentanglement, disentanglements, disentangles, disentangling, disenthral, disenthrall, disenthralled, disenthralling, disenthralls, disenthrals. (additional references) | |
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"Sent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bsent, ent, esn, kentt, Nseng, sanat, Sankt, sant, sben, sden, Sebt, seft, seit, sekt, selt, semt, s'en, senat, sendt, senet, senft, seni, seniti, Senn, senno, seno, senq, sensh, senta, sente, senti, Sento, sents, sentul, senty, senz, Septr, sert, sest, seut, seyn, Seynt, Seyntz, sfen, sgen, shenti, sient, siento, sinit, sinkt, sinst, sint, sjen, slent, sne, sneat, snef, snem, snen, snez, Snto, sonst, sont, sqen, ssen, ssn, sunt, sxen, syen, synth, Tsentr, Zaentz, zent, zint, zont. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "sent" (pronounced se"nt) |
| 4 | s e" n t | accent, ascent, assent, cent, consent, descent, dissent, percent, scent. |
| 3 | -e" n t | augment, bent, Brent, cement, circumvent, Dement, Dent, discontent, event, extent, ferment, gent, indent, intent, invent, Kent, lament, lent, malcontent, meant, misrepresent, misspent, nonevent, occident, outspent, overspent, pent, prevent, reinvent, relent, rent, repent, represent, resent, spent, tent, underwent, unspent, vent, went. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: nest, nets, tens. | |
| Words within the letters "e-n-s-t" | |
-1 letter: ens, net, sen, set, ten. | |
-2 letters: en, es, et, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-n-s-t" | |
+1 letter: antes, bents, cents, dents, etnas, gents, hents, inset, nates, neats, neist, nerts, nests, netts, newts, nites, notes, onset, rents, scent, sente, senti, seton, shent, spent, stane, stein, steno, stern, stone, teens, tends, tense, tents, terns, thens, tines, tones, tunes, tynes, unset, vents. | |
+2 letters: absent, agents, aments, anenst, ansate, antres, ascent, assent, astern, atones, betons, brents, centas, centos, contes, elints, enacts, enates, encyst, enlist, enters, estrin, ethnos, events, fasten, feints, finest, funest, genets, gentes, hasten, honest, incest, inerts, infest, ingest, inlets, insect, insert, insets, instep, inters, invest, jetons, latens, lentos, listen, lunets, mantes, montes, nested, nester, nestle, nestor, netops, newest, nicest, niters, nitres, nonets, noters, nudest, onsets, patens, pontes, renest, rentes, resent, sanest, sateen, scents, secant, sejant, senate, seniti, sennet, sennit, sentry, setons, sextan, sexton, signet, silent, sinter, sitten, sklent, snathe, soften, sonnet, spinet, splent, sprent, stamen, stance, staned, stanes, steins, stench, stenos, sterna, sterns, stolen, stoned, stoner, stones, stoney, strewn, subnet, sunket, sunset, syndet, teensy, teinds, telson, tenets, tenias, tennis, tenons, tenors, tensed, tenser, tenses, tensor, tenths, tenues, tenuis, ternes, teston, thanes, thegns, theins, tineas, tinges, tinsel, tisane, tokens, toners, tonnes, treens, trends, triens, trines, trones, tuners, twines, unites, unrest, unseat, unsent, unsets, unstep, unties, upsent, wisent, yentas, yentes. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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